Apparatus for setting the hook-needles in jacquard-machines.



No. 748,028. PATBNTED DEC. 29, 1903.

J. SZGZEPANIK. APPARATUS FOR SETTING THE HOOK NEEDLES IN JAGQUARD MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 24, 1901.

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No. 748,028. PATENTED DEC. 29, 1903.

J. SZGZEPA'NIK. APPARATUS FOR SETTING TEE HOOK NEEDLES IN JAGQUARD MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 24, 1901.

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N0.-743,028. PATENTED DEC. .29, 1903.

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APPARATUS FOR SETTING THE HOOK NEEDLES IN JAGQUARD MACHINES.

APPLIOATION I'ILED AUG. 24, 1901. Y

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No. 748,028. Patented ljecember 29, 1903.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAN szozEPANIK, F VIENNA, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY, ASSIGNOR TO SOOIE'IE DES INVENTIONS JAN SZOZEPANIK & 01s., or VIENNA, AUSTRIA-HUN GARY, A. FIRM.

APPARATUS FOR SETTING THE HOOK-NEEDLES IN lACQUARD-MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters I atent No. 748,028, dated December 29, 1903.

Application filed August 24, 1901. Serial No. 73,175. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: apparatus provided with an electromagnet Be it known that I, J AN SZOZEPANIK, a sub acting on the feeling-bars. ject of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, re- As will be seen from Figs. 1 to 4:, needles a,

siding at Vienna, in theProvince of Lower, each of which is formed of a single piece of 5 Austria, in the Empire of Austria-Hungary, wire, pass on the one side throughahorizontal have invented certain new and useful Imspring-casing b, which moves to and fro in a provements in Apparatus for Setting the manner similar to that of dobbies, and at the Hook-Needles in Jaquard-Machines; and I other side through a stationary needle-board do hereby declare the following to be a full, 0, in front of which there is fixed a plate 01,

[0 clear, and exact description of the invention, provided with vertical slots (1.

such as will enable others skilled in the art Near the slotted plate d and parallel thereto which it appertaius to make and use the to is arranged a row of vertical feeling-bars same, reference being bad to the accompanyf, of which the hook-shaped upper ends either ing drawings, and to letters and figures of pass through holes in a bar g, adapted to be I 5 reference marked thereon, which form a part raised and lowered, as shown in Fig. 1, or enof this specification. gage the middle bolt of a frame h, adapted to 6 My invention relates to apparatus adapted be moved in the same manner as shown in to set the needles that position the hooks of Fig. 2, so that the feeling-bars can be raised jacquard-machines relatively to their liftingor loweredby means of the bar g or the frame 20 knives. h, but are prevented from turning.

Such apparatus comprises a row of thin or The lower ends of the feeling-bars are flat feeling-bars provided with lateral projecguided in a perforated fixed plate 21, undertions which pass through slots in a plate arneath which is mounted a hollow cylinder Z, ranged in front of the ends of the needles adapted to support an endless card 70, the

25 and are formed with thickened portions which hollow cylinder being provided with rows of release or stop the needles according to the holes arranged to correspond with the feelpositions of the feeling-bars. When the being-bars. fore-mentioned thickened portions stop the Each of the feeling-bars has a lateral proneedles, they transmit the pressure exertjection m, which passes inwardly through the 30 ed by the springs of the needlesto the slotslot corresponding to it in the plate d. The

ted plate instead of to the feeling-bars. This inwardly-directed ends of these projections enables the feeling-bars to be caused toenare either enlarged by bending, Fig. 1, orare ter the holes in the endless card or in the cylprovided with heads or other sufiiciently-wide inder located underneath the same, either by thickened portions to, Fig. 4, so that when a 5 their own weight only or with the assistance projection strikes against or arrives at the of springs or magnets. I plate dit cannot pass through the correspond- Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings ing slot thereof, but bears against the plate at shows diagrammaticallyin vertical longitudione side or both sides of its slot. When the nal section one example of apparatus accordfeeling-bars are lowered, these thickened por- 40 ing to this invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical lontions release the needles by uncovering the gitudinal section ofa complete jacquard-maholes correspondiug to them in the needlechine provided with such apparatus. Fig. 3 board 0; but when the feeling-bars are raised is a front elevation of the feeling-bars. Fig. the said thickened portions come in front of 4 is a vertical section of a portion of the apthe before-mentioned holes and stop the nee- 45 paratus drawn to a larger scale. Fig. 5 is an dles. Now when the needles are moved toelevation of apparatus provided with fiat feelward the feeling-bars by means of the springs 5 ing-bars. Fig. 6 is a horizontal section, drawn 0 and the movable spring-casing'b each neeto a larger scale, of a portion of the apparatus. dle that does not correspond to a depressed Fig. 7 shows diagrammatically an example of feeling-bar strikes against the corresponding head 91, so that the head just mentioned is The feeling-bars f can be guided by combs pressed by the compressed spring 0 against the slotted plate, which therefore takes the pressure. The feeling-bars, which are thus relieved of any appreciable bending strain, can therefore be made of thin wire and be arranged very close together, since there are no horizontal auxiliary needles or eyes.

The projections m of the feeling-bars can be arranged at difierent heights, as will be seen from Fig. 3, so that the needles can be arranged one over another in several rows to enable a row of feeling-bars to be distributed among several rows of needles.

Ajacquard-machine provided with such apparatus operates in the following manner:

Before the spring-casing b and a griffep, both of which parts are operated by known transmission mechanism, have completed their movements thefeeling-bars are lowered by the downward movement of the barg or the frame h. The feeling-bars that pass through the holes in the card can then enter the card-cylinder and so completely descend, while the feeling-bars that strike against the solid portions of the card remain at a certain height, at which their heads n then hold the corresponding needles, Fig. 2. When the feeling-bars have been set, the spring-casing b is moved toward the lifting wires or hooks q, so as to move all the free needles by means of the springs 0 in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 2 and to bring their lifting wires or hooks q into the paths of the blades in the grifie while the lifting Wires or hooks corresponding to the stopped needles remain in their original positions. The griffe after having been raised falls, and at the same time the spring-casing b moves backward in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 1, so as to draw back the needles. Shortly before the spring-casing b commences to return the bar g or the frame h lifts all the feeling-bars, so as to enable the card to move forward by a row of holes. The operation is then repeated in the manner hereinbefore described.

Instead of round feeling-bars flat bars f, Fig. 5, can be used, the lower ends of which are provided with points f which on meeting holes. in the card can pass through them. These bars are in a manner similar to that of the arrangement hereinbefore described, provided with lateral projections m and thickened portions or heads 11, which release the needles 0, when the bars f are in one end position, but stop the needles when they are in the other end position, Fig. 5. The thickened portions or heads n can be mounted loosely on the projections m, since they are prevented from falling out by the two walls 0 and d.

The bars f are provided with slots 2, throughfeach of whichjthere passes a rod h, which is provided with thickened portions b and by means of which the depressed bars are lifted when their points f have to be raised out of the holes in the card 1c.

3, as shown,or in any other suitable manner.

In order to enable the ends of the feelingbarsf or the points f to be accurately introduced into the holes in the card, the round or fiat bars can be pressed down by springs.

In the arrangement shown in Fig. 5 springs 4 can act on projections 5 of the bars f, as shown.

Instead of springs movable magnets can be used, which on moving draw the feeling-bars for f with them.

In the arrangement shown in Fig. 7 the bars f are connected by cross-pieces with the armature 6 of an electromagnet (not shown in the drawings) which at a given time moves the armature, with its attached bars f, in guides 7. The points f are in this case made of non-magnetic materialfor example,brass. The bars themselves may, however, be magnetized and attracted by a stationary armature. l

I claim 1. The combination with the hook-needles of j acquard-machines, of independent feelingbars movable independently of and transversely to the direction of motion of the hookneedles into and out of the path of said hookneedles and means to move said feeling-bars independently of each other, substantially as described.

2. The combination with the hook-needles of jacquard-machines,of independent vertical feeling-bars movable independently of and transversely to the direction of the motion of the hook-needles into and out of the path of said hook-needles, and means to move said feeling bars independently of each other, substantially as described.

3. The combination with the hook-needles of jacquard-machines, a feeling-bar for each needle independent of said hook-needles, a card to selectively position the feeling-bars,

means to support the feeling-bars movable to and from the card and transversely to the direction of motion of said hook-needles, substantially as described.

4. The combination with hook-needles of jacquard-machines, of a feeling-bar for each needle, projections on the bars to contact with the hook-needles, and means to selectively move the feeling-bars into the path of the hook-needles, substantially as described.

5. The combination with hook-needles of jacquardmachines, of vertical feeling-bars independent of the hook-needles, projections thereon, heads on said projections, a card, means to support the feeling-bars and move them into and out of engagement with the card to selectively position the heads with respect to the ends of the hook-needles, substantially as described.

6. The combination with hook-needles of jacquard-machines, of vertical feeling-bars, projections thereon, a slotted plate, the projections on said bars passing through the slots IIO of the plate, a card, means to guide the bars and move them to and from the card to selectively position their projections with respect to the ends of the h0ok-needles,-substantially as described.

7. The combination with hook-needles of jacquard-machines, of fiat feeling-bars independent of the hook-needles, a lateral projection thereon, and needles at the ends of the bars, a card and means to move said feelingbarsintoand out ofengagement with the card, substantially as described.

8. The combination with hook-needles of jacquard-machines, of fiat feeling-bars, lateral projections thereon, heads on the projec- 

